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Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

When I am ready to shut down, I always exit any applications I might have running so when it comes time to hit Alt+F4 I'm on the desktop. Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99756 ·

Re: Screen shade tips:

Unfortunately for me, my hearing is not the best so I can't run Eloquence fast enough to make it unintelligible to other people. Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99755 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

Glenn Same here. I have to be at the desktop for alt+f4 to bring up that menu.

By Mike Pietruk · #99754 ·

Re: Screen shade tips:

Well if it has an audio port, it will work, as I can do it with an HDMI to VGA converter. I can just never find out if these "dummy" devices have an audio port like the HDMI to VGA does.

By K0LNY · #99753 ·

Re: Screen shade tips:

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:25 AM, Gene Warner wrote: What concerns me more than prying eyes is listening ears.- And that's where either a conventional headset, bluetooth earbuds, or bluetooth

By Brian Vogel · #99752 ·

Re: Screen shade tips:

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:35 AM, Glenn / Lenny wrote: Can you tell if this dummy HDMI has an audio port?- HDMI stands for High-Definition Multimedia Interface and, as such, has all of the bits "rolled

By Brian Vogel · #99751 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:40 AM, Kevin Minor wrote: Another way to get to the SHUTDOWN/RESTART Windows is hitting WINDOWS+X.- And add a U right after you've hit that WinKey + X, and you've got focus

By Brian Vogel · #99750 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

Yeah, I use windows 7. I boot to 10, and then launch windows 7 in a virtual machine. Glenn

By K0LNY · #99749 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:37 AM, Curtis Chong wrote: And yes, the focus really does need to be on the Desktop before you can push Alt F4 to invoke the Shutdown dialog.- Or anything else, really, that

By Brian Vogel · #99748 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

Hi. Another way to get to the SHUTDOWN/RESTART Windows is hitting WINDOWS+X. This is what I use. Kevin, Valerie and Jilly

By Kevin Minor · #99747 ·

Re: Screen shade tips:

Listening ears can often be cured by using Eloquence fairly fast, and most non screenreader users will dismiss it as noise. Those human sounding voices lend itself to being listened to by

By K0LNY · #99746 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

Hello: " So sometimes I just tap the windows key and left arrow to shutdown and enter." Strangely, this does not work for me in Windows 10. And yes, the focus really does need to be on the Desktop

By Curtis Chong · #99745 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

The last version of Windows that had shutdown on the start menu was Window 7, pressing the windows key in Windows 10 gets you the search box. Gene...

By Gene Warner · #99744 ·

Re: Screen shade tips:

Brian, Can you tell if this dummy HDMI has an audio port? I want an HDMI dummy with an audio port for Roku type of devices, to make a pocket size TV. Currently I'm doing this with an HDMI to VGA

By K0LNY · #99743 ·

Re: Locking the mouse buttons:

On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 07:14 PM, Gene Warner wrote: That's not what this instructor did, he assumed that you already knew the basics even though the class was labeled as a beginning JAWS class.- And

By Brian Vogel · #99742 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

Strangely, alt + F4 only works for me when I'm actually focused on the desktop, even with all other things closed out, alt + F4 does nothing here until I do windows M, then I can alt F4 to close

By K0LNY · #99741 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

I suppose that since it is a shortcut, we could apply a shortcut key, such as control alt and another key that isn't used normally. Glenn

By K0LNY · #99740 ·

Re: Screen shade tips:

True, in those situations I'll either turn on the screen shade or turn the screen brightness all the way down. But I travel so rarely that I don't really need to worry about those situations. What

By Gene Warner · #99739 ·

Re: Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Restart Your Computer

I can't disagree with you gentlemen, at all. But there seems to be a contingent that loves to use desktop shortcuts. I've created these for Restart, Immediate Shutdown, and similar although I never

By Brian Vogel · #99738 ·

Re: Screen shade tips:

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:11 AM, Gene Warner wrote: My solution to prevent prying eyes is to hook up an external keyboard to my laptop, then close the lid.- Which is an excellent solution except if

By Brian Vogel · #99737 ·

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